This is the final blog post for Fakequity.

I started Fakequity about nine years ago and it’s been a good run. Through the weekly self-imposed writing assignment I’ve been forced to think, process, and deepen my understanding of race, community, racism, privilege, disability, and so much more. The blog has afforded me a lot of privileges and allowed me to jump headfirst into rabbit holes of learning. Thank you for going on those journeys with me. I’m so grateful for the people who became friends and confidants along the way.

When I started the blog, writing and blogs had a bigger part in occupying people’s curiosity and mental space. I’m grateful for being part of that time and moment. There were fewer creators who were doing this type of personal short form writing on race. Today there are new creatives who are pushing boundaries and providing media to help people explore race and equity more. I hope you’ll continue to learn from them.

Now feels like a good time to say aloha and mahalo — goodbye and thank you. I’m ready to create space in my life to do other things. I don’t know what will fill that time, but as my youngest child once told me “You do weird things in your free time.” She’s right. I’ll be able to say yes to more oddball projects. If I’m able to manifest it through this post, I would like to continue to learn and connect. I’d also like to explore some new topics and interest for fun and work. Maybe some travel, just enough to keep things curious but not enough to be exhausting or environmentally taxing. Please reach out if you have project ideas, including oddball ideas.

The blog will stay up for a while, well at least until my annual fees expire on WordPress. For those of you who contributed monthly to the upkeep of the blog with a Patreon subscription – mahalo nui, a big thank you. Your monthly contributions kept me working and writing. If for some reason you are charged a Patreon fee in October or beyond, please let me know so I can reverse those charges.

In Hawai’i we say a hui hou – until we meet again. If I come up with a brilliant new something to fill the blogging void I’ll let you know through the subscriber list.  

In the meantime – please do the following: Please VOTE if you can – elections matter to racial justice every election matters. Read a lot of diverse books and news media – reels and short vids are entertaining, but nothing replaces the deep thinking, research, and reporting of print media. Speak up and name racism as you encounter it. Be kind to others and invest in deepening diverse relationships. Together we can keep the spirit of fakequity alive.